32 10 312 https://www.archive.sfcinematheque.org/files/original/61d0265a7d34c9b3e7dda1f92266b3ae.jpg d838aa77cf82d6e4ad97e29873bcb7d7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Avant to Live! Craig Baldwin/Other Cinema Digital Collection Description An account of the resource <a href="http://www.othercinema.com/">Other Cinema</a> is an underground film/video exhibition series founded by filmmaker Craig Baldwin in 1985. Still active as of 2022, Other Cinema presents approximately 36 programs annually at the storefront community arts space <a href="http://www.atasite.org">Artists’ Television Access</a>, located at 992 Valencia Street in San Francisco. Known for its passionate and expansive curatorial vision and contrarian stance toward the mainstream culture of media consumption, Other Cinema is known for its engagement with marginalized forms of film history, including activist media, expanded cinema performance, speculative lecture presentations, screenings of films from Baldwin’s own archive, in-person artists and more. Cinematheque’s Other Cinema Digital Collection consists of material digitized by Cinematheque in the course of creating <a href="https://www.sfcinematheque.org/shop/craig-baldwin-avant-to-live-coming-soon/">Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live!</a> documenting Baldwin’s work on Other Cinema. Materials include seasonal exhibition calendars, promotional ephemera, curatorial notes and artifacts, signage and other material related to the history of Other Cinema. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available San Francisco Cinematheque Subject The topic of the resource Craig Baldwin, Other Cinema Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craig Baldwin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Other Cinema Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c.1982–2018 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Referencing the originating collection, Craig Baldwin has been listed as a Creator for almost every item in this collection. For materials created or co-created by others, reasonable effort has been made to determine authorship and in cases in which this was determined, these creators have been identified. We seek more information on all materials in this collection however so if you feel that you are the author or creator of any item in this collection, please contact Cinematheque staff at <a href="mailto:sfc@sfcinematheque.org">sfc@sfcinematheque.org</a> to discuss proper attribution. Permission to use material: To request material from Cinematheque’s online collections for use in publications (including use in books, periodicals, films, exhibitions, websites and other uses), please contact Cinematheque staff at <a href="mailto:sfc@sfcinematheque.org">sfc@sfcinematheque.org</a>. Note that further copyright clearance may be needed in order to use material in this manner and would therefore require negotiation with rights holders as well as from Cinematheque for such use. Associated access fees may apply to requests for use of material from Cinematheque’s Archives. Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant San Francisco, Calif. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ronald Reagan cancel mask, 1983 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Description An account of the resource Ronald Reagan cancel mask, created by the Urban Rats to hand out at mass protest during US President Reagan’s dinner with Queen Elizabeth in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, March 1983. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Urban Rats Type The nature or genre of the resource image Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource ephemera Subject The topic of the resource Other Cinema; Artists Television Access (ATA) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Courtesy of San Francisco Cinematheque. This work is made accessible for purposes of education and research. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Contact the San Francisco Cinematheque archivist for more information about reproduction and permission requests. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CBATL_OC-04-UF-021 Artists' Television Access (ATA) Other Cinema https://www.archive.sfcinematheque.org/files/original/673790f29bee3d33b6f3ea7dd6539c63.png 5eae4a4fe31dca8d0ce4a37a556f9443 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gunvor Nelson Artist File Subject The topic of the resource Gunvor Nelson Description An account of the resource Gunvor Nelson (1931–2025) was one of the most highly acclaimed filmmakers in American avant-garde film. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Nelson grew up Kristinehamn and moved to northern California in 1953 to study art and art history. Nelson began making films in the early 1960s, releasing her first two films—Schmeerguntz (1966) and Fog Pumas (1967)—Both collaborations with Dorothy Wiley—eventually creating over twenty-five films and digital video works, described by Steve Anker as “one of the great bodies of independent work in the history of the medium.” An uncompromising filmmaker, Nelson regards her own works as “personal films,” a recurring element of which is the connection with her own life and experiences. The early films are based around the experiences of a younger woman, culminating in My Name Is Oona (1969), an expressive portrait of her daughter and Moons Pool (1973), an existentially expressive underwater journey which centres on her own body. With Trollstenen (1976), she began a series of films about Kristinehamn and her family. Typically for Nelson, elements which are local and private fuse together with the general and universal. Nelson’s family and generational study Red Shift (1984), and her painfully sensitive portrayal of her dying mother in Time Being (1991) are regarded as the high points of her family and hometown productions. Nelson moved back to Kristinehamn in 1993, a homecoming already hinted at in her rhythmically edited collage film Frame Line (1983). Having returned to Sweden she quickly moved on to digital video and was rediscovered in Swedish art circles, resulting in a number of awards and retrospectives both at home and abroad. During Nelson’s life in northern California (1953–1993), she was a central figure in the regional art and filmmaking and, with her husband Robert Nelson, played a key role in the development of <a href="http://www.canyoncinema.com">Canyon Cinema</a> and screened regularly with San Francisco Cinematheque. Nelson also influenced generations of filmmakers in her role as a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute (1970-1992). In 2019, Nelson’s My Name Is Oona was selected by the US Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" (Artist bio adapted from <a href="https://www.filmform.com/artists/1305-gunvor-nelson/">Filmform</a>) Cinematheque’s digital collection, the Gunvor Nelson Artist File contains twelve items, dated 1970–1992, documenting Nelson’s life and career, including promotional ephemera, program reviews, program notes, correspondence and writings by Chick Strand, James Irwin, Dorothy Wiley and Nelson herself. The twelve items in this digital collection were selected for digitization from Cinematheque’s larger artist file on Nelson. This digital collection was created in partnership with <a href="https://californiarevealed.org/">California Revealed</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gunvor Nelson; Bolinas Hearsay News; Bolinas Film Society; San Francisco Cinematheque; James Irwin; Paul Liberatorel; Marin Independent Journal; The New Cinema Seminar; and Dorothy Wiley. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource c.1970-1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitization made possible through support provided by California Revealed and the California State Library. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Rights to these materials are held by San Francisco Cinematheque. Cinematheque encourages the use of copyrighted materials in accordance with fair use, as defined by copyright law. For materials created or co-created by others, reasonable effort has been made to determine authorship and in cases in which this was determined, these creators have been identified. We seek more information on all materials in this collection so if you feel that you are the author or creator of any item in this collection, please contact Cinematheque staff at <a href="mailto:sfc@sfcinematheque.org">sfc@sfcinematheque.org</a> to discuss proper attribution. Permission to use material: To request material from Cinematheque’s online collections for use in publications (including use in books, periodicals, films, exhibitions, websites and other uses), please contact Cinematheque staff at <a href="mailto:sfc@sfcinematheque.org">sfc@sfcinematheque.org</a>. Note that further copyright clearance may be needed in order to use material in this manner and would therefore require negotiation with rights holders as well as from Cinematheque for such use. Associated access fees may apply to requests for use of material from Cinematheque’s Archives. Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website <iframe width="1000" height="700" src="https://archive.org/embed/casfc_000153" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dorothy Wiley written account of meeting Gunvor Nelson Subject The topic of the resource Experimental films; Feminist films; Art Description An account of the resource Account written by Doroothy Wiley of her memories meeting Gunvor Nelson and making the film Schmeerguntz together. Written for the San Francisco Cinematheque program, "Gunvor Nelson: A Life in Film." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Wiley, Dorothy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-10-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitization made possible through support provided by California Revealed and the California State Library. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyrighted. Rights are owned by the San Francisco Cinematheque. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SFC-AF_GNelson_WileyDocument